The well has finally taken shape and it looks as if it might actually be finished in the next few days. Portugese brick layers are fast once they get started.
The Olive harvest is nearing completion. We have cut the trees back hard on one side of the Quinta to clear old congested growth and to encourage plenty of fresh, strong shoots which should produce a crop of good Olives in two seasons time. The others we have left so that we still have a harvest next year.
We toook a trip to the market in Carregal do sal this morning to keep ourselves going for a few days. The market is situated in the middle of a forest and sells everything from turnips to all sorts of clothes and is full of colourful Portugese characters going about their daily lives.
The building materials for the house have arrived so hopefully the work will be started at the beginning of next week. The weather has been great for the last few weeks and if it holds good the house should be up before Christmas.
by James (the wwoofer)
